_P_JOC_System_License_and_Fee_Agreement_Sample.pdf

Sample Agreement

JOC System License and Fee Agreement

This Click-Through Agreement (the “Agreement”) contains the terms and conditions upon which The Gordian Group, Inc., a Georgia corporation (“Gordian”) grants to you (“Licensee”) a limited license to perform your obligations pursuant to the Client Contract (as defined below). Please read this Agreement carefully. By clicking “I Accept”, you acknowledge that you have read and accept the terms and conditions of this Agreement in its entirety.

IF YOU ARE ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF YOUR

EMPLOYMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ENGAGEMENT AS AN INDEPENDENT

CONTRACTOR, THEN THE TERM “LICENSEE” INCLUDES YOUR EMPLOYER OR

PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR, AS APPLICABLE, AND YOU WARRANT AND REPRESENT TO

GORDIAN THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT ON SUCH

EMPLOYER’S OR PRINCIPAL CONTRACTOR’S BEHALF.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a contract between Gordian and one or more mutual clients of Gordian and Licensee that has contracted with Licensee for construction services (“Client Contract”), Gordian has agreed to provide Licensee with a limited license to Gordian’s Job Order Contracting system (“JOC System”), and

NOW, THEREFORE, Gordian and Licensee agree to the terms and conditions of the following:

Gordian hereby grants to Licensee, and Licensee hereby accepts from Gordian for the term of the Client Contract, a non-exclusive and nontransferable right, privilege, and license to Gordian’s proprietary JOC System and other related proprietary materials (collectively referred to as “Proprietary Information”) to be used for the sole purpose of executing the Licensee’s responsibilities under the Client Contract for which Licensee is utilizing the JOC system (“Limited Purpose”). Licensee hereby agrees that the Proprietary Information shall include, but is not limited to, Gordian’s Cloud JOC information management applications and support documentation, Construction Task Catalog® and any construction cost data and copyrighted materials contained therein, training materials, and any other proprietary materials provided to Licensee by Gordian either electronically or through an alternative means of delivery. In the event the applicable Client Contract expires or terminates, this JOC System License shall terminate and Licensee shall return all Proprietary Information in its possession to Gordian.

Licensee acknowledges that Gordian shall retain exclusive ownership of all proprietary rights to the Proprietary Information, including all U.S. and international intellectual property and other rights such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Licensee shall have no right or interest in any portion of the Proprietary Information except the right to use the Proprietary Information for the Limited Purpose set forth herein. Except in furtherance of the Limited Purpose, Contractor shall not distribute, disclose, copy, reproduce, display, publish, transmit, assign, sublicense, transfer, provide access to, use, or sell, directly or indirectly (including in electronic form), any portion of the Proprietary Information.

Licensee hereby agrees to pay Gordian a license fee of equal to the greater of either: 1) 1% of the value of work procured from Licensee by Client (“Contractor License Fee”); or the applicable license fee assessed to the Contractor as otherwise set forth and agreed to by Licensee in the Client Contract. Licensee further agrees to remit the Contractor License Fee to Gordian within thirty (30) days of Licensee’s receipt of a Job Order, Purchase Order, or other similar purchasing document pursuant to the Licensee Contract. Licensee shall make payments payable to The Gordian Group, Inc. and shall mail the payments to P.O. Box 751959, Charlotte, NC 28275-1959. All payments received after the due date set forth above will incur a late payment charge from such due date until paid at a rate of 1.5% per month.

Either party may terminate this Agreement in the event of: (1) any breach of a material term of this Agreement by the other party which is not remedied within ten (10) days after written notice to the breaching party; or (2) the other party’s making an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or the filing by or against such party of a petition under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, which is not discharged within thirty (30) days of such filing.

Licensee acknowledges and agrees to respect the copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, and other proprietary rights of Gordian in the Proprietary Information during and after the term of this Agreement and shall at all times maintain complete confidentiality with regard to the Proprietary Information provided to Licensee, subject to federal, state, and local laws related to public disclosure. Licensee further acknowledges that a breach of any of the terms of this Agreement by Licensee will result in irreparable harm to Gordian for which monetary damages would be an inadequate remedy, and Gordian shall be entitled to injunctive relief (without the necessity of posting a bond) as well as all other monetary remedies available at law or in equity. In the event that it becomes necessary for either party to enforce the provisions of this Agreement or to obtain redress for the breach or violation of any of its provisions, including nonpayment of any Contractor License Fees owed, whether by litigation, arbitration or other proceedings, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party all costs and expenses associated with such proceedings, including reasonable attorney’s fees.

This Agreement shall be construed under the laws of the State of South Carolina without regard to choice of law principles. Both parties irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction and venue of the federal and state courts located in the State of South Carolina for purposes of any action brought in connection with this Agreement or use of the Proprietary Information.

The parties agree that in the event of a conflict in terms and conditions between this Agreement and any other terms and conditions of the Client Contract, or any Job Order, Purchase Order or similar purchasing document issued to Licensee as it relates to the terms set forth herein, this Agreement shall take precedence.